Broken Arrow Planning Commission
12-01-2016
To: Chairman and Commission Members
From: Development Services Department
Title:
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Public hearing, consideration, and possible action regarding BAZ 1966, The Falls Event Center of Broken Arrow, 5.16 acres, A-1 to ON, east of 9th Street, one-quarter mile south of Omaha Street
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Background:
Applicant: John C. Neubauer, The Falls Event Center
Owner: Owasso Land Trust, LLC
Developer: The Falls Event Center
Architect: Alan Shurtliff, Pontis Architectural Group
Location: East of 9th Street, one-quarter mile south of Omaha Street
Size of Tract 5.16 acres
Number of Lots:|910|Present Zoning: A-1 (PUD 110/R-1 approved subject to platting)
Comp Plan: Level 2 (Urban Residential) and Greenway/Floodplain
BAZ 1966 is a request to change the zoning designation on a 5.16-acre undeveloped tract from A-1 (Agricultural) to ON (Office Neighborhood). The unplatted property is located east of 9th Street, one-quarter mile south of Omaha Street.
Applicant is interested in developing an event center on the property, which by the Zoning Ordinance is classified as a "Places of Assembly". "Places of Assembly" is a permitted use in the ON district. According to the applicant, the proposed event center would contain approximately 17,000 square feet with a banquet capacity capable of accommodating 396 people. No food will be prepared on-site, but there will be service areas for catering services. Vehicular access to the site will be from one point off of 9th Street and an overflow connection from the site to the existing drive in Nienhuis Park. Use of the drive in Nienhuis Park is acceptable to City Staff, however, the City Legal Department is verifying the legality of an overflow connection within and to the Park's north drive. The conceptual site plan shows the drive onto 9th Street to be on the southwest corner of the property, near the drive to Nienhuis Park. As per the Zoning Ordinance, the centerline of thi...
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